Download or read book The Romance of the Rose or of Guillaume de Dole written by Regina Psaki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1995: The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole and L'Escoufle (The Kite), as well as Le Lai de l'Ombre, Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished practitioner of the "realistic romance" in Old French literature.